Necktie holder



April 1936, I A. F. REILLY 2,038,448

NECKTIE HOLDER Filed Oct. 4, 1934 Patented Apr. 21, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE 2,038,448 NECKTIE HOLDER Alfred F. Reilly,

North Attleboro, Mass, assignor to Evans Case Company, North Attleboro, Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Application October 4, 1934, Serial No. 746,915

8 Claims.

The invention relates particularly to a device for attaching to a shirt or other garment to hold and retain more or less in one place the loose ends of a tied necktie.

A flexible member for surrounding the tie is provided supported by a fastened to a garment.

base which may be The flexible member preferably consists of a continuous loop attached to the device for fastening the garment so that the tie may be passed through the loop. Preferably the loop is not rigidly attached to the attaching member but slides therethrough so that the tie is restrained but may have a limited movement in any direction and may be controlled by any portion of the endless flexible member.

Embodiments of the present invention are shown in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a plan view of one specific form of device. Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5 are plan views of other forms embodying the invention. Fig. 6 is a transverse section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5, and Fig. '1 is a front elevation of a fragment of a shirt or other garment and tie showing a tie holder in place.

The invention may comprise a tube It] attached to which at a suitable point in its length may be a clamping device I l adapted to grasp and clamp a garment such through the tube be an endless loop of flexible material I2.

as the front of a shirt.

I but not attached thereto may Passing This loop may be preferably a continuous chain or similar structure and of any suitable size or length. The tube I0 may be attached to a plate l3 which in turn may carry the clamp II.

may be varied within wide length of the tube limits. In Fig. 2 the plate I3 carrying The size and the clamp H is illustrated as having not a long tube I0 illustrated in Fig. 1 but there may be provided two shorter tubes M of suitable length spaced apart, for instance at or near the opposite ends of the plate l3 as shown, and the flexible member 12 may be passed through both tubes.

This may allow more flexibility and make it easier to adjust the device by grasping the flexible member [2 anywhere along its length including where it appears between the two tubes I4 if desired. In

Fig. 3 a shorter tube at about the middle 4 is illustrated a tube 15 is illustrated as placed of the plate l3 and in Fig. [6 of suitable length placed at or toward one end of the plate l3.

In Fig. the tube by a plate l3 I0 is illustrated as supported which may be held in position on the shirt or other garment by means of a suitable clasp here shown as a resilient member I1 pressing it against the plate l3.

As illustrated the flexible member ii is a continuation of the plate I 3 turned over on itself and waved or corrugated to afford something of a clamping surface on the fabric of the garment which may be inserted between the member I! and the plate [3, but 5 this is not essential. It will be understood that such a clamping device as illustrated in Fig. 5 may be employed with a tube or tubes in any suitable position including those positions illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4.

The position of the clasp along the plate l3 may be varied to suit the desires of the manufacturer and user and the length, size and location of the tube may be varied in any suitable way. It will be understood, of course, that the tube it may be of any suitable size or cross section but it will preferably be large enough to allow easy movement through it of the flexible member 12 as illustrated in Fig. 6. A circular tube is illustrated but it may be of any suitable or desired form.

As illustrated in Fig. "7 the flexible member l2 passes across the front of the tie l8 on the shirt I9 and keeps the ends of the tie from flying up.

There is freedom for the tie to move up and down through the flexible member as the wearer moves and there is also freedom for side movement of the tie as limited by the flexible member l2. In normal position the flexible member l2 may be the only portion of the device visible when worn but it may be that the tie will slide or blow from one side to the other and thus expose more or less of the tube and other underlying structures. Possibly the exposure of the underlying structure will be less in such arrangements as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 5, but the portion of the device exposed is not essential to the present invention.

The details shown may be varied and the invention may be embodied in structures other than the specific forms illustrated and described.

I claim as my invention:

1. A necktie holder comprising a clasp for grasping a garment, a tube carried by the clasp, and an endless flexible member passing through the tube and having free movement therethrough and adapted to receive a necktie.

2. A necktie holder comprising a clasp for grasping a garment, tubes at each end of the clasp, and an endless flexible member passing through the tubes and having free movement therethrough and adapted to receive a necktie.

3. A necktie holder comprising a clasp for gasping a garment, a plate on the clasp, tubes at each end of the plate, and an endless flexible member passing through the tubes and having free movement therethrough and adapted to receive a necktie.

4. A necktie holder comprising a clasp for grasping a garment, a plate on the clasp, tubes at each end of the plate, and an endless flexible member passing through the tubes and adapted to receive a necktie.

5. A necktie holder comprising a clasp for grasping a garment, tubes at each end of the clasp, and an endless flexible member passing through the tubes and adapted to receive a necktie.

6. A necktie holder comprising a clasp for grasping a garment, a plate on the clasp, a tube on the plate, and an endless flexible member passing through the tube and having free movement therethrough and adapted to receive a necktie.

7. A necktie holder comprising a clasp for grasping a garment, a plate on the clasp, a tube on the plate, and an endless flexible member passing through the tube and adapted to receive a necktie.

8. A necktie holder comprising a clasp having a bar, a tubular member fixed to the bar intermediate its ends, and an endless flexible necktie encircling loop extending through said tubular member.

ALFRED F. REILLY. 

